Wind Energy

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Sea and Land breeze

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Valley and Mountain Breeze

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Classification of WECS

Axis of rotation Horizontal axis machines Vertical axis machines According to use Small scale (up to 2kw) Medium size machine (2- 100 kW) Large scale (100 kW and up)- They are 4/7/12 used to generate power for distribution

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As per the type of output power DC output DC generator Alternate Rectifier

1. (a) (b)

2. AC output (a) Variable frequency, Variable or constant AC.

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As per the rotational speed of aeroturbines.

1. Constant speed with variable pitch blades. 2. Nearly constant speed with fixed pitch blades. 3. Variable speed with fixed pitch blades.

According to utilization of output

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Battery storage.

Site selection consideration

High average annual wind speed Availability of wind V(t) curve at proposed site. Wind structure at proposed site. Altitude of the proposed site. Terrain and its aerodynamics. Local ecology. Distance to roads or railways.
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Nearness of site to local centre/users.

Four types of sites are considered suitable. These are:

Plane land sites Hill tops sites Sea-shore sites Off shore shallow water sites.

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Basic Components of WECS

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Controls

The orientation of rotor to the wind. Power control of rotor by varying the pitch of blades. Generator output monitoring. Start up and cut in of equipment. Shut down and cut out owning to malfunction or very high winds.

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Application

Grinding grains Pumping water Drainage Saw-milling Electric power generation. Heating application Milk and food processing Crop drying

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